Spam
(noun)
Unsolicited, often irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent over the Internet, typically to a large number of recipients.
Origin:
The word spam originally referred to a brand of canned meat made by hormel foods corporation. it began to be used to refer to unwanted electronic messages in the 1990s, likely because the repetitive and unwanted nature of the messages was likened to the unwanted repetition of the meat in the monty python skit. .
Examples:
- He received a lot of spam in his email inbox.
- Spam messages often contain links to phishing websites.
- The spam filter on her email blocked the message.
- It's important to be cautious when clicking on links in spam messages.
- The company's phone and email inboxes were flooded with spam messages.